So This Really Happened: New Book Fashion Cats Features Kitties in Couture. Look.

So you know how I have a minor obsession (it's not a problem, really) with fashion and cats? Well Vice got inside my head and made a book called Fashion Cats featuring supermodel kitties Prin and Kataro wearing everything from tiaras and capes trimmed in lace to bunny and frog hats (because it's the funniest when animals are dressed like other animals). Prin and Kataro are the prized pets of Takako Iwasa, whom Vice bills as "Japan's premier cat tailor."
Take a look at Prin and Kataro in Iwasa's creations. They nearly outshine Freja as a Chanel cat. Nearly.

So you know how I have a minor obsession (it's not a problem, really) with fashion and cats? Well Vice got inside my head and made a book called Fashion Cats featuring supermodel kitties Prin and Kataro wearing everything from tiaras and capes trimmed in lace to bunny and frog hats (because it's the funniest when animals are dressed like other animals). Prin and Kataro are the prized pets of Takako Iwasa, whom Vice bills as "Japan's premier cat tailor."
Take a look at Prin and Kataro in Iwasa's creations. They nearly outshine Freja as a Chanel cat. Nearly.

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So you know how I have a minor obsession (it's not a problem, really) with fashion and cats? Well Vice got inside my head and made a book called Fashion Cats featuring supermodel kitties Prin and Kataro wearing everything from tiaras and capes trimmed in lace to bunny and frog hats (because it's the funniest when animals are dressed like other animals). Prin and Kataro are the prized pets of Takako Iwasa, whom Vice bills as "Japan's premier cat tailor."

Take a look at Prin and Kataro in Iwasa's creations. They nearly outshine Freja as a Chanel cat. Nearly.

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Holy smokes, it's National Cat Day (not to be confused with International Cat Day, which is August 8, der)! In celebration of this most momentous of days, we went on a mission to find the most fashion-conscious cats of Instagram. And we're pretty sure we've hit the jackpot.

From LOL Cats to Stuff on my Cat, it's easy to poke fun at our culture's obsession with felines. But fashion has its own special relationship with the fur balls. From United Bamboo's $500 cat outfits--for sale at Opening Ceremony, if you're interested--to more standard offerings, like leopard print, there are just too many cat-fashion parallels to even try denying this pet's influence on the industry.
Are we all just crazy cat lovers? Here's proof of the sad (?) truth. Brace yourselves.

The second installment of United Bamboo's beloved cat calendar went up for sale last week. And last night, we feted the cattastic calendar at Creatures of Comfort (205 Mulberry St.), where framed prints of the cats done up in RTW United Bamboo frocks are being auctioned off to benefit Animal Haven and Kitty Kind (as if you needed another excuse to go to Creatures of Comfort).
Beyond raising funds to help the kitties, the best part about last night's party was the chance to see the glorious calendar in full. On the flip side of every catetorial calendar page, there's a kitty bio (including their pet peeves) and super cute anecdotes about them. Like how Oscar, Mr. February, is blind and has cheated death twice and does NOT like it when you blow on his whiskers! And that Egon lived in Istanbul for a while. And that TJ loves seaweed nori. Of course he does.
But we're sure you want to know more. So we bring you, exclusively, the backstory behind the United Bamboo calender cats.